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Thursday, March 5 at 6:00 PMFood Safety Symposium

Co-sponsored by the Good Tern Co-Op. Good Tern Co-op invites the community to a Food Safety Symposium at GMOs, organic vs. conventional growing methods and the best practices in packaging. A panel of members of the Good Tern will present three topics for 20 minutes each followed by discussion.

Saturday, March 14 from 9:00 AM- 4:00 PMMidwinter Clearance Book Sale

All books are $5.00/bag. Bags will be supplied. Sale hours: 9am to 4pm, in the Community Room on the lower level of the Library.Bake sale 9 am to 2pm in the lobby.Sponsored by the Friends of Rockland Public Library.

*New* Memoir Writing Workshops Tuesdays from 10:00 AM- 11:30 AM

Working on a memoir or just interested in memoir writing? Come to these ongoing writing workshops. Everyone is invited; bring something to read, or just come and listen. For more information, please contact Dorothy Nyman at 596-0363.

“Let’s Talk About It” Book Group

Next month's title for “The Mirror of Maine: The Maine Community in Myth and Reality” book group is Wildfire Loose and participants will meet on Saturday, March 7 at 10:30 AM in the Library’s Community Room to discuss it. Mary Alice Brennan, a scholar provided by the Maine Humanities Council facilitates the discussions. Books for the program are available for loan at the library. Please call the library at 594-0310 to register and come in to pick up next month's book.

Let's Draw March Themes! Adult Art Classes

Catinka Knoth will lead an art workshop series for adults, on creating art around March Motifs. Participants will visit themes such as the Iditarod dog sled races, Celtic designs for St. Patrick's day, greens and the arrival of Spring, the "Circus Comes to Town", and Easter. Each week will be a different subject. Classes meet at 11 AM, on Mondays, in the Community Room. Led by Knoth, participants will create their own art. Knoth provides the classes free of charge, with materials supplied. Friends of Rockland Library host the workshops, which are open to the public.